Moated site in Tomakeany, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

On the E side of a level terrace below the crest of a ridge of hills between the Deen and Gloshia rivers, in wet marshy terrain with many small streams. There views are limited views in all directions. A rectangular platform (int. dims. 22m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by slight overgrown bank with wide external waterlogged fosse (Wth c. 4-5m; D c. 0.6m). Barry (1977, 191) mentions that there are 'two springs in moat'. Water from the fosse flows from the SE and SW corner.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK010-014

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